After reviewing scientific and commercial data, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monday proposed separate Endangered Species Act listings for two West Indian manatee subspecies.

Thousands of manatees have starved to death in the last few years, and that should have been accounted for.” The West Indian manatee, including both the Florida and Puerto Rico subspecies, was ...

Under the Endangered Species Act, the West Indian manatee was considered to be threatened, but now wildlife experts are subdividing the group into two subspecies, each with its own unique designation.